Bayview Yacht Club hosted the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Detroit May 29-31. The regatta featured one-design Classes including six J/111s, and all fleets got in eight or more races. Starting out with a second, Ed Kriese’s WILDCAT then proceeded to sweep the next seven races, posting seven bullets to win with just 9 points total. Sailing nearly as strongly to garner the silver position was Kevin & Seth Young’s BLACK SEAL. After winning the…

Charleston Race Week celebrated its 30th anniversary in style by welcoming 153 boats across 14 classes April 16-19. Skipper Martin Zonnenberg led Quickdraw to first place in the third and decisive race of Pursuit Spinnaker A class on Sunday. This was the Charleston Race Week debut for the St. Petersburg-based J/111, which used this regatta as preparation for the Newport-to-Bermuda Race. It was a tight battle between Quickdraw and Keelforce, a J/120 owned by Rick…

The updated 2026 J/111 Class Rules have been approved by World Sailing and are available at World Sailing – J/111.